I might need to add one of those “signs of the apocalypse” features to this blog. It would focus on developments and events that demonstrate the rejection of nature and the impact of that rejection on normal people – who become rapidly abnormal living in the vacuum so abhorred by nature.

Modern schools undervalue what it means to be a human being. Therefore, they are dropping the arts like frozen hamburgers on an assembled bun. When we focus on an art, whether it be painting, dancing, swinging a bat, singing, or writing short stories, demands are placed on us that force us to draw from within us the powers of our human faculties. In other words, they humanize us; they make us human.

Being human is simply not a priority for the modern school. We don’t have the money for that. As a result, I must question whether our milieu is worth all the trouble we are enduring to keep it “competitive.”

Things are different now.You are stricken with a strange fever and so are your students.Oddly, the news fills you all with both dread and exhilaration.Dread, because there is so much to be done before the end comes.Exhilaration because of what awaits you on the other side.

The temptation is to think that these “last days” are irrelevant, even pointless.But deep down, the importance of finishing well echoes in your mind.

What is this ailment that looms over you, conveying such a mixture of emotion?It is…the last day of school!

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain” (1st Corinthians 15:58).